Hutchinson, UK, 1987. Reprint. Medium Trade Paperback. Very Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 432 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Hutchinson, UK, 1987. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are reasonably tanned. Foxing to top edge of pages. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: This second book in the legendary Lymond Chronicles follows Frances Crawford of Lymond who has been abruptly called into the service of Mary Queen of Scots. Though she is only a little girl, the Queen is already the object of malicious intrigues that extend from her native country to the court of France. It is to France that Lymond must travel, exercising his sword hand and his agile wit while also undertaking the most unlikely of masquerades, all to make sure that his charge's royal person stays intact. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Historical; ISBN: 0099489503. ISBN/EAN: 9780099489504. Inventory No: 21010284.. 9780099489504

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Dorothy Dunnett was born in 1923 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Her time at Gillespie's High School for Girls overlapped with that of the novelist Muriel Spark. From 1940-1955, she worked for the Civil Service as a press officer. In 1946, she married Alastair Dunnett, later editor of The Scotsman . Dunnett started writing in the late 1950s. Her first novel, The Game of Kings , was published in the United States in 1961, and in the United Kingdom the year after. She published 22 books in total, including the six-part Lymond Chronicles and the eight-part Niccolo Series, and co-authored another volume with her husband. Also an accomplished professional portrait painter, Dunnett exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy on many occasions and had portraits commissioned by a number of prominent public figures in Scotland. She also led a busy life in public service, as a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Library of Scotland, a Trustee of the Scottish National War Memorial, and Director of the Edinburgh Book Festival. She served on numerous cultural committees, and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 1992 she was awarded the Office of the British Empire for services to literature. She died on November 9, 2001, at the age of 78.

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Bookseller: Manyhills Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 21010284
Title: Queen's Play - Lymond Saga #2
Author: Dorothy Dunnett
Format/Binding: Medium Trade Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0099489503
ISBN 13: 9780099489504
Publisher: Hutchinson
Place of Publication: UK
Date Published: 1987
Keywords: BZDB5 Fiction; Queen's Play - Lymond Saga #2
Bookseller catalogs: Historical; Fiction;

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